On Mar 9, 12:27*pm, wrote:
In article ,
(Arthur Figgis) wrote:
*From:* Arthur Figgis
*Date:* Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:58:15 +0000
On 08/03/2011 18:51, Paul wrote:
Purely coinicidentally, I was in Paris recently. The metro there
generally has a reputation for being more reliable the the London
Underground.
France's external reputation for transport doesn't generally stand
up to reality.
Other useful French phrases I've come across are "retard"
(=departure) and "service autocar" (=train not going to/from Paris)..
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Arthur Figgis * * * * * * * * Surrey, UK
Out of curiosity, I often check the RATP equivalent of the Live Update
page:http://www.ratp.fr/informer/trafic/trafic.php
Like LU, they seem to have spells when there's problems, although LU seem
to have had a lot more recently with the Jubilee line signal system
failures.
As with the Underground, they had their spell of "accident grave de
voyageur"s after the new year
Loosely translated causes for delays a
incident technique
Technical problems
accident grave de voyageur
Person under a train
le trafic est interrompu entre .....
There is no service between ....
Les trains circulent avec des retards de XXXX minutes environ et des
suppressions ou modifications...
Trains are running about XXXX minutes late, with cancellations or changes
to destinations
Ces incidents sont pr sent termin s mais les trains circulent avec des
retards de XXXX minutes environ.
These incidents have ended, but the trains are running about XXXX minutes
late
Les trains circulent avec des retards importants
The trains are running with large delays
Incident termin XXXX
Incident at XXXX has ended
Fin d'incident, reprise du trafic
End of incident, trains now running
Retour au trafic normal estim vers XXXX
Return to normal running estimated at XXXX
En cons quence, les trains ne desservent pas les gares XXXX
As a consequence, the trains are not going to / stopping at stations XXXX
Le trafic est normal sur les autres lignes de XXXX
Other lines on the XXX are running normally
En r percussion du d clenchement d'un signal d'alarme en gare XXXX
Because an alarm has been operated at XXXX station
Un train en panne */ *En r percussion une panne de mat riel
Faulty train
incident de signalisation */ *panne de signalisation
Signal problems
En r percussion de divers incidents
Because of various incidents
En raison d'un incident voyageur
Because of a passenger incident / accident
En raison de la chute d'un voyageur entre deux voitures XXXX
Because of a passenger falling between two cars at XXXX
En raison d'un colis suspect XXXX
Because of a suspect package at XXXX
En raison d'un rail cass XXXX
Because of a broken rail at XXXX
En raison de la pr sence de voyageurs sur les voies XXXX
Because of people on the track at XXXX
En r percussion des conditions climatiques
Because of weather conditions
En r percussion des conditions climatiques d grad es
Because of worsening weather conditions
En raison des chutes de neige, l'ensemble du r seau bus est paralys
Because of snow, there are no buses running
Le Funiculaire est interrompu
The funinulaire (to Sacre Coeur) isn't running
and yesterday's delay on line 9 speaks for itself!
Animal sur la voie
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Of course, if you live in Paris (or anywhere else in France for that
matter) you will come to understand what "..Suite a un preavis de
greve..." means.